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CHECK TILLPOR SHOPS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2a. 1903. l

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CHECK TILL FR SHOPS.

APPLICATION FILED SIET. 29. 1903.

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No. 767,633. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

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CHECK TILL POR SHOPS.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT EETCE.

CHECK-TILL FOR SHOPS- SPECIFICATJION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,633, dated August 16, 1904.

Application led September 29. 1903. Serial No. 175,013. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

, Be it known that L VILLIAM Toon CoN- NELL, gentlemens outtitter, a subject of the King of Great Britain, of 59 Sanchiehall street, Glasgow, Scotland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check- Tills for Shops, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of checktills in which a recording-strip is moved forward each time the drawer is opened and closed, and the articles purchased with their prices are marked upon the strip; and it has mainly for its object to combine with such check-tills an arrangement whereby the wrappers or covers for inclosing the articles before they are handed to the customer' are kept in the till and are marked with a duplicate copy of the entry or entries made on the recording-strip before they are withdrawn from the till and used to inclose the articles. The wrappers are thus made to serve as receipts and also as a check on the goods sold.

My invention also comprises minor improvements inthe construction of the checktill.

In order that my said invention may be properly understood, I have hereunto appended explanatory drawings, whereone Figure 1 is a plan view of the check-till. Fig'. '2 is a plan view of the same, but with the lid standing up open. Fig'. 3 is a detail view of the paper-collecting roller. Fig. a is a section of the same. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section taken on the line A A, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a vertical crosssection on the line B B, Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a perspective detail view. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the pawl and rack.

Referring' to the drawings, whereon the same reference characters wherever repeated indicate the same parts, the till c is provided with the usual drawer 71, having a knob or handle o. This drawer is divided into compartments Z a f ll/ by means of partitions /z/ /t k2, the compartments e and g being without bottoms. The partitions /L /L are somewhat lower than the partition /f and the sides b2 of the drawer, (see Fig. 5,) and they form rails upon which the cash-receptacle z' (which may consist of a wooden block with recesses therein) can slide freely. Secured to the bottom ofthe till within the compartment c is a toothed rack j, (see also Fig. 8,) with the teeth of which a pawl secured to the partition /t of the drawer, can engage. Secured also to the bottom of the till and within the compartment is a bell Z, provided with a hammer or clapper m, centered at m/ and having' a spring' n secured to the back of the till, and also a tongue n. which when the drawer is pulled out is caught by a catch o, centered on the partition L. This catch pulls the clapper against the action of its spring and then automatically releases itself from the tongue of the clapper, so that the latter at once under the action of the spring strikes the bell. The nose o of the catch is beveled at its outside, so as to override the tongue n when the drawer is pushed in again.

p is a stop-piece secured to the bottom of the till and which prevents the drawer being' pulled out too far by striking against the back thereof. The drawer is or may be also provided with a recess or space Q, in which notes, papers, receipts, &c., may be placed.

The cover yr of the till is hinged to the sides thereof at fr fr4 and is made with a raised rim fr all round, with the exception of the parts cut out at for the reception of the recording-strip. Into the space formed by this rim the sheets of paper .v for wrapping or folding' the articles in are laid.

three upright pins s are inserted, and upon these pins a recording-frame is secured by holes in lug's s3. The registering-frame consists of a light metal framework having g'uidebars s4. There are guide-rollers s, round which the recording-strip of paper z5 travels. This strip passes from a feed-roller u, carried in arms nf, secured to the back of the cover, to a collecting-roller e in the compartment y of the drawer. This roller, as shown at Figs. 3 and Il, has a thick spindle n, provided with flanges or disks @f4/r at the ends and with projecting journals '112. Upon the flange r are ratchet-teeth, which en gage with a check-pawl fw, pinned to the partition .71.2 (see Fig. 6) of the drawer. The ends of the journals lit into vertical guides in the sides of the compartln the cut-out parts l ment g, while the journals are provided with rubber rings y, (or equivalent,) which constitute wheels and run upon rails .e e, secured to the bottom of the till. The spindle fr is of a somewhat larger diameter than the diameter of the rubber rings y.

Fitted in slits s in the frame .s2 and below the recording-strip t is a piece of carbon or likecopying paper af'.

The till is operated as follows: First the salesman enters upon the recording-strip the article sold and the price thereof and of course by means of the carbon-paper makes simultaneously a duplicate copy of the entry onto the top sheet of the wrapping-papers s. Then the top wrapping-sheet is pulled out of place and the article folded therein, (or in the case of large parcels this wrapping-sheet may be merely inserted in the parcel.) The drawer is now pulled out for the purpose of inserting' cash, and when the drawer is pulled the bell Z sounds. After the drawer is pulled out the full length-vi. e., up to the stop p-the salesman can push it back again, and in so doing, owing to the fact that the pawl @c holds the collecting-roller so that it cannot revolve, (the rings e/ sliding on the rails 21,) the recordingstrip is moved or pulled in order to bring a fresh piece of paper over the carbon ready for making another entry. When the drawer is opened again for another transaction, the

y collecting-roller revolves by the action of the rubber rings y on the rails @,so as to wind up the slack of the recording-strip, and thereby keep it constantly taut. .As the spindle of the roller has a larger diameter than the rubber rings orwheels, it has a greater circumferential travel at each revolution,and thereby tends to draw or tighten up the recording-strip.

The drawer is prevented from being partially drawn out and then pushed in again by the action of the pawl which assumes the position l, Fig. 8, and locks in the teeth of the rack should an attempt be made to push the drawer back without first pulling it out its full length. Then it is pulled out its full length, the pawl falls clear of the rack, and

' the pawl is of such length that on the drawer being' pushed in again the pawl assumes the dotted position, as at 2, Fig. 8, and does not engage with the teeth of the rack unless it is attempted to pull the drawer out again before it has been pushed fully back-z'. e., before it is pushed far enough back to enable the pawl to clear the rack, which is made of a suitable length. The pawl therefore serves as a lock to prevent the drawer being manipulated with a partial opening' or shutting.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination, a case, a sliding drawer in the case, a cover for the case` means on the l cover for holding wrappers, means for moving the recording-strip, means for taking up any slack of the strip and means whereby entries made on the recording-strip are duplicated on the wrappers.

2. In combination, a case, a sliding drawer in the case, a cover for the case, means on the cover for holding wrappers, means whereby the recording-strip is moved so as to present a fresh surface each time the drawer is pushed in, means whereby any slack of the recording-strip is taken up each time the drawer is opened, and means whereby entries made on the recording-strip are duplicated on the wrappers.

3. In combination, a case, a sliding drawer in the case, a cover for the case` means on the cover for holding wrappers, a feed-roller for the recording-strip, a collecting-roller for the strip, means for automatically turning' the collecting-roller, means whereby the strip is moved so as to present a fresh surface each time the drawer is pushed in, and means whereby entries made on the recording-strip are duplicated on the wrappers.

4. In combination, a case, a sliding drawer in the case, a cover for the case, means on the cover for holding wrappers, a Afeed-roller for the recording-strip, a collectingroller for the strip in the drawer, an axle for the collectingroller, rubber rings on the axle, rails on which the rings can run, ratchet-teeth on the roller` a check-pawl engaging with the teeth, and means whereby entries made on the recordingstrip are duplicated on the wrappers.

In combination, a case, a sliding drawer in the case, a cover for the case, means on the cover for holding wrappers, means whereby the recording-strip is moved so as to present a fresh surface each time the drawer is pushed in, means whereby entries made on the recording-strip are duplicated on the wrapper, a locking device consisting of a free-acting pawl 7c, a rack j on the bottom of the case, a bell l, a hammer or clapper m having a spring n and a tongue m', and a catch 0 centered on the partition t, substantially as shown and described.

6. In combination, a case, a sliding drawer in the case, a cover for the case, means on the cover for holding wrappers, means whereby the recording-strip is moved so as to present a fresh surface each time the drawer is pushed in, means whereby entries made on the recording-strip are duplicated on the wrapper, a locking device consisting of a free-acting' pawl IOO IIO

a rack ,j on the bottom of the case, a bell Z, a

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